Signs. As Cheri says, they “… can direct us where to go, but they … also … reveal much about the time period and culture in which they were made. A sign can also be … something welcome.”

We’ve all encountered many signs in life, both in the local living environment and in travels. In looking through my photos, I found a few images of signs that speak to me as a reminder of my home country, as a traveler exploring a new country, contain information about something I’m looking at, and as a preserved part of history.

On an extended family trip during the summer of 2011 from Iowa to Tennessee in the U.S., I saw the familiar “Welcome” sign that is along the U.S. Interstates as we cross from one State into another …